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Palaeortyx Palaeortyx joleaudi Ennouchi 1930
/pˈæliːˌɔːɹɾɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Zanclean) · 20.4–5.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Palaeortyx joleaudi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 20.4–5.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Ennouchi 1930. The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Palaeortyx joleaudi sits in deep time
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeortyx joleaudi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.